[ling-uh
n-ber-ee] 
| a low-growing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of the heath family, growing in northern regions and having tart, red, edible berries. |
| cow·ber·ry (kou'běr'ē) n. In both senses also called lingberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry.
[Approximate translation of New Latin Vaccīnium, genus name, from Latin vaccīnium, bilberry (sense uncertain), from vaccīnus, of cows.] |
| lin·gon·ber·ry (lĭng'ən-běr'ē) n. See cowberry. [Swedish lingon, a kind of berry + berry.] |